CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Prepare to leave Achil Visit to the Eagle's Cliff Attempts to destroy 

 these Birds Their Depredations Partiality for Black Fowls Destroy 

 Fish Anecdote of an Eagle and Salmon Exterminate Hares Their 

 mode, of Coursing and Catching Salmon Foxes, numerous and de- 

 structive Smaller Birds of Prey Run to Inniskea Devilawn 

 Tannon Difficult Coast to land on Woman and Curragh Rabbit 

 Shooting Local Sketches Twilight Scenery Dangerous Idiot 

 Whisky Its excellence Copper Stills Island seldom visited by the 

 Revenue Character of the Islanders Particular in Burying their 

 Dead Prone to Litigation The Lawsuit , . . 103 



CHAPTER XX. 



Signs of Fish Mackerel Spillet Fishing Seal and Mermaids Anec- 

 dote The Bull's Mouth Preservation of a Ship The Fox and 

 Cruiser The Lodge in a Consternation Arrival The Colonel's Port- 

 manteau Robbing, and its Consequences . . .113 



CHAPTER XXL 

 The Colonel's Story The Night Attack . . .121 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 Conversation A brave Resistance The Contrast The Burglary . 131 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Midnight Reflections A good Story-teller The Affair of Ninety-eight 136 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Spring Tides Hennessey and the Portmanteau Spillet Fishing Coal 

 . Fishing Mackerel Sea-fowl A Failure Preserving Gunpowder An 

 Explosion Another Acccident A House Burned The Dinner 

 Signal . . . . . .140 



CHAPTER XXV. 



A calm Night Sand-eel Fishing Dangerous to the Fair Sex Cockles 

 Lobsters Crabs Scallops Oysters Punt adrift My Brother's Shoes 

 Seal surprised Incident Gun burst Birmingham Guns Percus- 

 sion Locks London Makers Barrel-making Gun-making Inferior 

 Guns Shooting Accident . 147 



